Low-value parcels shipped from China to the U.S. are now subject to a 54% tariff after a trade agreement was reached.

The United States will cut the "de minimis" tariff for low-value items imported from China, a White House executive order said on Monday, further de-escalating a potentially damaging trade war between the world's two largest economies.

The Trump administration cut tariffs on low-value parcels from China by more than half, shortly after Washington and Beijing agreed a trade truce. From Wednesday, shipments worth less than $800 from China will be charged 54%.